Ludger Belanger: Missing in Maine

Murder, She Told

Kristen Seavey

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

1975 - Washington, Maine. On a chilly November morning, just two days before Thanksgiving in 1975, 25-year-old Ludger Belanger kissed his wife, Linda, goodbye, and ventured into the snowy woods of rural Maine in search of a buck. He never returned. A devoted father of three young children, Ludger wasn’t the kind of man to abandon his family—Linda knew that much for certain. As game wardens traced the tracks he left behind, clues emerged, weaving a haunting narrative of what may have happened that morning. The clues also pointed to two men who knew the truth, and told a story much louder than the silence of those who tried to keep that truth buried in the snow. This holiday season marks 49 years since Ludger’s disappearance, yet his family has never stopped searching. This is the story of the disappearance of Ludger Belanger. If you have information on the disappearance of Ludger Belanger, please contact the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit Central at (207) 624-7143 or toll free at 1800-452-4664. You can also leave a tip here. Read the book Open Season: https://amzn.to/4ftL8EO Episode sources and photos: https://www.murdershetold.com/episodes/ludger-belanger Support the show: https://www.murdershetold.com/support Instagram: @murdershetoldpodcast TikTok: @murdershetold Facebook: /mstpodcast Website: murdershetold.com ----- Sponsors: One Skin: Get 15% off your order at https://www.oneskin.co with the code SHETOLD HoneyLove: Get up to 50% off site wide at honeylove.com/SHETOLD Jenni Kayne: Get 25% off your first order through the end of Nov. at jennikayne.com/SHETOLD15 with code SHETOLD15. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know what that is.
0:04.0	An ice cold beer.
0:07.0	What's different?
0:09.0	It's Budweiser, a perfect beer for party season.
0:14.0	Best enjoyed with your best buds.
0:20.0	Cheers to that. Budweiser, Lackenosa. Best enjoyed with your best butts.
0:22.6	Cheers to that. Budweiser, like no other.
0:25.6	Please drink responsibly.
0:26.6	For the facts, visit drinkaware.co.
0:28.6	com.
0:29.6	UK.
0:30.6	...
0:31.6	...
0:32.6	...
0:33.6	... I'm Kristen Cevi. This is murder, she told.
0:49.3	Luger was born November 5, 1950 in Poland, Maine.
1:01.5	His father was born in the province of Quebec, and French was his father's first language.
1:07.1	His mother was a manor who grew up in small town Somerville, Maine.
1:17.7	Luger grew up on Elm Street in Mechanic Falls, population 3,000, a main town west of Lewiston.
1:19.9	He had a huge family.
1:23.9	Luger was one of eight kids, four sisters, and three brothers.
1:27.2	His family called him Luge, or Lugie. He got to know his younger sister's best friend,
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